Our Green Jewels: Natures Biggest Bounty
We recently celebrated the International day of Forests all across the world to show our reverence towards forests and realise their role in our…
Western Tragopan
Poachers Turns Protectors To Save Great Himalayan Park Biodiversity
Kulu: Amid the presence of the highly-endangered western tragopan pheasant and a good population of the wide-roaming snow leopard, with a bulk of its…
Following The (Toilet) Paper Trail
So here’s your question of the week, dear reader: when an eighteen trillion dollar economy starts collapsing what do people rush to buy? If…
Book Review: Preserving A Priceless Fragment Of Natural History
THE GREAT HIMALAYAN NATIONAL PARK- The Struggle to save the western Himalayas. by Sanjeeva Pandey and Anthony J Gaston. Published by Niyogi Books,…
Himalayas In The Cross Hairs Of Global Warming – Sanjeeva Pandey
The unpredictability of weather and natural changes that have struck the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh in the past two decades are clear indicators of a marked shift in weather patterns in the region, according to Sanjeeva Pandey
Takeaways From The Tirthan
The lemming instinct or phenomenon, the “herd instinct” as it is better understood, can be better appreciated in anthropomorphic terms such as “keeping up…
Rest House Chronicles – III
Rest Houses can occasionally offer bizarre experiences, often educative but always interesting. Sometime in 1996-97 I was consigned to the dog house for some…
DELHI BELLY : SIGN LANGUAGE
In today’s world which puts such a premium on communication we have millions of words and sound bytes thrown at us every day. I…
Kullu Deities Turn Protectors Of Forests And Wildlife
The stats are surprising that poaching in the middle of national park has almost finished since villagers of Shakti and Maror had surrendered their guns in January 2014 – GHNP Director Rana
Should Zoos Exist? A Case Study in Himachal
The world of animals and humans are quiet segregated from each other, seldom crossing paths. But what happens when they encounter each other under…